BUSINESS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES DOD AWARDED CONTRACTS

AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $97,109,000 modification (P00004) to contract W58RGZ-15-C-0047 for the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system, tactical data link retrofit for full-rate production VII. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $97,109,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Kentucky, was awarded a $10,642,250 firm-fixed-price contract with options to rent one fully operated cutterhead dredge with 30-inch inside diameter pump discharge with submerged pump, attendant plant and discharge pipeline as specified. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work will be performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of July 8, 2016. Fiscal 2014 and 2016 other procurement funds in the amount of $10,642,250 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-16-C-0016).

Travis Association for the Blind, Austin, Texas, was awarded an $8,856,391 modification (0005) to contract W56HZV-13-D-0009 to clean and repair unserviceable, but economically repairable, organizational clothing and individual equipment. Work will be performed in Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 21, 2017. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $8,856,391 were obligated at the time of the award. Army is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $34,028,813 order (0014) from basic ordering agreement FA8620-15-G-4040 to develop and field the Air Force Special Operations Command MQ-9 Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical (MALET) Lead-Off Hitter (LOH) software line. Contractor will establish, define, and grow a process to rapidly field capabilities. Included in this effort is to address activities driving software changes such as: software defect corrections, threats, policy or doctrine driven, safety, interoperability, and software changes resulting from hardware upgrades. Work will be performed at Poway, California; Clovis, New Mexico; and Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, and is expected to be complete by Feb. 28, 2018. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $11,898,735 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $21,079,949 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for critical analysis and simulation efforts. Contractor will provide advanced technology exploration, development and research into optical beam control in the presence of atmospheric turbulence to develop, simulate, analyze, and characterize beam control systems for laser propagation and laser communication. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 23, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with one offer received. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $950,962 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9451-16-C-0048).

M-1 Support Services LP; Denton, Texas, has been awarded an estimated $12,028,752 modification (P00008) to exercise an option to previously awarded contract FA3002-15-C-0004. Contractor will provide aircrew and maintenance services for the CV-22 aircraft, UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters, associated engines, and mission support equipment of the 58th Maintenance Group. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is expected to be complete Sept. 30, 2016. No funds were obligated at time of award. The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded on Sept. 16, 2015)

NAVY

Bethel-Webcor JV-1,* Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded $14,989,000 for firm-fixed-price task order 0005 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-14-D-4001) for repairs to Buildings 1604 and 1632 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Work includes miscellaneous structural repairs; replacement of deteriorated doors and windows; exterior and interior painting; repairs to exhaust ventilation system and air conditioning systems; repairs to hot water heating system, installation of fire suppression system and repairs to fire alarm system; and electrical repairs to include replacing all light fixtures, main electrical distribution panel, and wiring to meet arc fault protection requirements. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2017. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $14,989,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, is being awarded an $8,171,523 modification P00002 to a previously issued cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-16-C-0023) to exercise options for engines, program related engineering services, integrated logistics, and training in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (90 percent); and Point Mugu, California (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,171,523 are being obligated at time of award; all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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AIR FORCE

System of Systems Security (SOSSEC) Inc., Atkinson, New Hampshire, has been awarded a maximum $99,000,000 other transaction agreement for prototypes in command, control, communications, and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) information sharing information systems. Contractor will provide development, test, measurement, demonstration, integration, and delivery of prototypes for the Air Force related to C4ISR information sharing information systems. These systems include: Distributed Common Ground Station; Theater Battle Management Core Systems; Air Operations Center; Open Mission System; Secure View; Information Support Server Environment Guard; cybersecurity environments; Web Temporal Analysis System; Combined Information Data Network Exchange; Collaboration Gateway, and other systems to be determined. Work will be performed at Atkinson, New Hampshire; however, individual prototype projects awarded under this agreement will be performed by consortium members at locations to be determined after award. The agreement is expected to be complete by Jan. 21, 2021. This agreement is the result of a competitive acquisition with six offers received. Funding will be dependent upon the initial prototype project(s) selected under the terms of the agreement. Air Force Research Lab, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-16-9-9000).

Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $55,268,755 firm-fixed-price contract for the Afghanistan Trainer Program. Contractor will provide interim contractor support of 18 C-208 B aircraft and one C-208 aircrew training device, including maintenance and training. Work will be performed at Kabul Air Base and Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2017. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to the country of Afghanistan. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2015 Afghanistan Security Forces funds in the amount of $18,251,442 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-16-C-6208).

Composite Engineering Inc., Sacramento, California, has been awarded an $18,674,455 modification to previously awarded contract FA8678-15-C-0069 for Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Lots 11-13 production. Contractor will provide additional quantity of 21 AFSAT production units being produced under the basic contract (Lot 12) and the associated warranty. Work will be performed at Sacramento, California, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2016 procurement funds in the amount of $17,785,195 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $92,732,991 modification (P0010) to foreign military sales (Qatar) contract W31P4Q-12-G-0001 for PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 and Missile Segment Enhancement Multi-Band Radio Frequency Data Link obsolescence redesign. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie and Lufkin, Texas; Camden, Arkansas; and Camden, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, test and evaluation; and other procurement funds in the amount of $85,934,078 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contacting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Hal Hays Construction Inc., Riverside, California, was awarded an $18,508,130 firm-fixed-price contract with options to construct a Fresno, California, Army Reserve Center with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2018. Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 military construction; and operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $18,508,130 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-16-C-0006).

Sotera Defense Solutions Inc. Herndon, Virginia, was awarded an $11,402,662 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Research and Development Counter Insurgency Operations project. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia; and Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 20, 2019. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,749,378 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (W911NF-16-C-0005).

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded $12,115,859 for modification P00002 to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N68936-14-D-0011) for up to 52,473 hours of advanced technology insertion and integration support of weapons systems. The systems supported include AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), R/UGM-109 Tomahawk, XM982 Excalibur, BGM-71 tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) missile, Standard missile, Evolved Sea Sparrow missile, Talon, Pyros and Griffin. Also included are line of sight/non-line of sight technologies for seekers, multi-mode seekers, tube-launched unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous weapons employment and precision targeting, and similar applications. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed in April 2017. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity.

Gilbane Federal, Walnut Creek, California, is being awarded $9,960,000 for firm-fixed-price task order JM01 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N39430-15-D-1634) for construction of two barrel-type bulk fuel storage tanks at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The construction will include new concrete footings and foundations, excavation, grading, site preparation, steel erection, piping, valves, cathodic protection system, fire protection system, remote electronic leak detection/alarm sensing devices, paving, drainage dike, oil-water separator, approved tank liner as required by environmental regulations, and final landscaping. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by November 2017. Fiscal 2015 military construction (Defense Logistics Agency) contract funds in the amount of $9,960,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Progeny Systems Corp.,* Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded $9,599,780 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0003 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-13-G-0001) for efforts required for the completion of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project. These efforts are in support of SBIR topic N121-152, entitled “Maritime Airborne Service Oriented Architecture Integration.” Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia, and is expected to be completed in April 2017. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,599,780 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $9,020,798 not-to-exceed modification to previously issued delivery order 5507 placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-14-G-0020. This modification provides for the procurement and installation of additional air vehicle retrofit kits supporting F-35 Block 3F and Navy initial operational capability-related engineering change proposals. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (85 percent); Ogden, Utah (13 percent); Marietta, Georgia (1 percent); and Palmdale, California (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2018. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy); and fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,510,399 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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